1. (

• sleep ,
• slumber ,

) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" ;

2. (

• sleep ,
• sopor

) a torpid state resembling deep sleep ;

3. (

• sleep ,
• nap

) a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap" ;

4. (

• rest ,
• eternal_rest ,
• sleep ,
• eternal_sleep ,
• quietus

) euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" ;

1. (

• sleep ,
• kip ,
• slumber ,
• log_Z's ,
• catch_some_Z's

) be asleep ;

2. (

• sleep

) be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people" ;